Bicycle-support.



No. 634,297. Patented Oct. 3, I899.

w H HART In BICYCLE SUPPORT.

(Application filed Dec. 19, 1898. (No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

IVILLIAM H. HART, JR, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

BICYCLE-SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 634,297, dated October 3, 1899.

Application filed December 19. 1898. Serial No. 699,680. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM H. HART, J r., a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Philadelpl1ia,State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Bicycle-Supports, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings.

My invention consists of a bicycle-support formed of legs with independent loops at the upper ends thereof and a foot'connecting the lower ends thereof, said loops being of novel construction, as will be hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claim that follows the specification.

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a bicycle support embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a perspective View of another form thereof. Fig. 3 represents a perspective view of a portion of modification.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in thefigures.

Referring to the drawings, A designates the frame of a bicycle-pedal, and B the outer wall or cross-bar thereof.

O designates a support for the bicycle, the same consisting of the legs D, the foot E, and the loops F, the latter being at the upper ends of the legs and open at top. The legs, foot,

and loops are preferably made of wire and the loops formed by bending the upper portions of the legs downwardly and upwardly, producing the limbs G and H of a U or V shaped construction, and the legs are resilient in lateral direction. I

The operation is as follows: The legs are pressed toward each other and the loops presented to the bar B and the legs moved upwardly, so that said loops receive said bar when the legs are let go, said legs then springing apart and the loops then pressing against the sides of the frame A adjacent to the corners thereof, whereby the support remains engaged with said frame and is readily oper ative, as will be apparent on reference to Fig. 1. When the legs are pressed together, they recede from the sides of the frame, and the support is then drawn downwardly, whereby the loops leave said frame and the support is fully detached, when it may be carried in the pocket of the bicycle-rider or elsewhere, as desired.

In Fig. 2 the inner cross-bar J of the frame A is utilized as the place of application and attachment of the loops of the legs without producing different results from those shown in Fig. l. i

The foot may be widened, as shown dotted inFig. 1, so as to provide a broader base for the legs.

The loop F may be formed'of separate limbs G H, soldered, brazed, or otherwise connected as one, as shown in Fig. 3.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- I A bicycle-support consisting of legs, loops at the upper ends thereof, open at top and independent of each other and a foot connecting the lower ends thereof, said loops being 

